It's creative, but was this sign a good a idea? / @KeithLeventhal via Twitter

by Simon Samano, USA TODAY Sports

by Simon Samano, USA TODAY Sports

Perhaps the folks in Green Bay read the report earlier this week from USA TODAY Sports' Lindsay Jones and felt confident in the Packers defense afterward.

After all, it sure seemed as if Clay Matthews meant business when he said of Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson: "We aren't giving up 200 again."

So maybe that (not so) bold declaration is what inspired an undisclosed Green Bay bar to hang a sign inside that taunts Peterson for falling just short of breaking Eric Dickerson's single-season rushing yards mark. It reads, "Hey Adrian This Is What 9 Yards Looks Like," and was posted on Twitter by Keith Leventhal of Twin Cities TV station KARE 11.

Nine yards, of course, is what Peterson needed to break Dickerson's mark of 2,105 yards. Peterson finished with 2,097.

You really went there, huh, Packers fans? Not that Peterson needs the extra motivation heading into Saturday's NFC wild-card playoff game, but in the age of Twitter this doesn't sound like a smart strategy to help your team win.

In related news, employees at the Mall of America are working frantically on a comeback sign in hopes of hanging it up before Saturday's game. It will read "This Is What 409 Yards Looks Like" to remind Packers fans of the damage Peterson has done already in two games against them.